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Capacitor for Charging Gremlin? Att: Electronics People Posted by Devin [Email] ![]() ![]() |
Hello All,
Someone please tell me if this is a crazy idea. I was reading a car stereo catalog last night and thinking about one of my car's peculiarities.
The car is an 89' 900S AT with 100k on the clock. Sometimes when the car is hot it won't start. The switch doesn't even seem to make the starter click - nothing. After turning the switch a bunch of times it eventually starts. I read some posts a while back about wiring degrading with time and increasing resistance so that 12VDC doesn't go where it needs to go. The Townsend site had a post about using a Ford solenoid to trip the starter. Couldn't a capacitor wired inline provide the needed voltage for starting all of the time?
I thought the trouble was the switch, and I bought a new one, but we haven't bothered to install it because the car always starts and the thing is bottom mounted in the console. I regrounded the alternator and that helped for a while, as did cleaning the battery's contacts and the blocks ground points. One mechanic told me that the starter "has a bad spot" -- but he did a half ass job of installing a water pump, and I just don't buy this diagnosis. I think the trouble is slipperier somehow.
I haven't thought about this stuff since I was in elementary school and used to buy the Radio Shack kits. Just wondering.
Devin
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